Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-13
NEWS OF TEyE DAY.

The French Chamber Of Deputies refuses
to accept NJ. Floquet's resignation.
Catholics in the Archdiocese of New York
will be warned from the pulpit next Sunday
against participation in McGlynn meet
ings.
Queen Kapiolani and her party left New
York yesterday evening for Chicago, en-
route to San Francisco, whence she sails on
the 10Th inst. for Hawaii. The dusky
Queen expects to reach home on or about
the 9th.
William Thorn, colored, about so years of
age, was yesterday committed for court by
Justice Benner of Baltimore, on the charge
of entering the bedroom of Annie Froech-
line, between and 8 q. m. last Wednesday,
and attempting to commit an assault upon
her.
A crowd of Catholics stoned an Orange
procession in Belfast yesterday Police
men fired into the crowd, but 10 one was
hit. Afterwards the police charged upon the
Catholics. The latter resisted. and many of
them were severely dubbed. Numerous
arrests were made. One policeman was SER
iously injured in the ARRAY.
The election for the seat for Dublin Uni,
versity, made vacant by the elevation At
torney. General Holmes to the Irish bench,
took place yesterday. There were two can
didates, Mr.. Madden and the Hon. Richard
Clere Parsons, both conservatives. Mr..
Madden was elected, receiving 1,376 votes
against 7l0 for his opponent
Private Arthur Stone, alias Arthur Saun.
ders, died Monday from the effect of a gun
shot wound inflicted by Sergeant Davis, of
81, 70 I'd TIpital of in 70 ntrtr al
Fort Wayne. Saunders recently accused a
Saunders was tried for conduct derogatory
to two years. Imprisonment. Monday he
In the Court of Quarter Sessions, at Potts
Vile, Pa, on Tuesday week. Jas Filzgibbon,
of Shenandoah, 81 years of age, was ar
rested on complaint of his son, who wanted
him bound over to keep the peace, and he
was committed to prison in default of Sc
curity. He was discharged by the county
commissioners yesterday, but when the
warden went to his cell to lioerate
him he was found lying dead on the floor,
having cut his throat from ear to ear.
While Miss NARROW, the 19.year-old
daughter of John NARROW, farmer near
Four Corners, In Montgomery county, Nd,
was in field picking blackberries yester-
day with younger female friend she was
attacked by negro, who threw her down
and attempted to assault her. The attempt
was frustrated, however, by Miss Marlow's
friend, who hit the negro on the head with
stone and frightened him of. The negro
escaped, but posse is out after him, and
lvnnhinp is Threatened
Coy. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, positively
denies the truth of what is said TO have been
uttered by Jefferson Davis about him in con-
nection with the pardoning of desperate
to assassinate Mr.. Davis. Gov. Curtin says:
"Those who know me will not believe Mr..
Davis's announcement, and it is surprising
to me that he should. in so public manner,
accept the information given to him by an
anonymous correspondent" Gen. Pryor
denounces the story of the alleged assassi-
nation as ridiculous on lis very face He
says 1.-The narrative does not sound like
Mr.. Davis He was not boastful man and
there is tone of braggadocio in it that is
not characteristic of him. An attempt to
assassinate the President of the Confederacy
would have been heard of and would have
shocked the whole Confederacy. My belief
s that the article is fabrication or an in
finite eXaggeration."